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State/Province : Latitude: 32.2053663815697, Longitude: -83.33984374999999

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Georgia, British America Timeline

1733
12 Feb:  James Oglethorpe founds Georgia, the 13th colony, and its first city at Savannah.GHS OU
17 May:  Britain passes the Molasses Act putting high tariffs on rum and molasses imported to the Colonies from anyplace other than Britain and its possessions.GoogleBooks JotAR
1752
14 Sep:  The British Empire adopts the Gregorian calendar.CSL CalWiz
1765
22 Mar:  The Stamp Act is passed by the British Parliament - a tax imposed on American colonists on any printed paper.GLIoAH Avalon
1 Nov:  The Stamp Act goes into effect - a tax on the Colonies to fund the British Military in America.CC SAH
1774
5 Sep:  The First Continental Congress meets in Philadelphia.MtVernon USDoS
5 Sep:  Peyton Randolph is elected first President of the United Colonies.MtVernon USHoR
1775
19 Apr:  The first battles of the American Revolution. British troops fight American Minutemen at Lexington, killing eight. The British then move to Concord where they again engage the colonials. By the end of the battle, 93 colonists are dead. The British, having lost 273, retreat to Boston.LoC NPS
1776
4 Jul:  The United States is founded when the Second Continental Congress declares its independence from Great Britain.USHistory USNA
1783
3 Sep:  The American Revolution is officially over when the Colonies sign the Treaty of Paris.OurDocs USNA
1788
2 Jan:  Georgia becomes a state.ThoughtCo 50States.com